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Corrosive induced carcinoma of esophagus: Report of three patients and review of literature
Author(s) -
Kochhar Rakesh,
Sethy Pradeepta Kumar,
Kochhar Suman,
Nagi Birinder,
Gupta Narinder Mohan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03211.x
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , carcinoma , general surgery , surgery , gastroenterology
Patients with corrosive induced esophageal strictures have more than a 1000‐fold risk of developing carcinoma of the esophagus. We report three cases of corrosion carcinoma seen by us (a team of gastroenterologists, radiologists and a surgeon) in the last 15 years. Two cases were among 156 patients with corrosive induced strictures on our follow‐up, and constituted the only corrosion carcinoma out of 650 esophageal carcinomas operated on by us. Nearly all reported patients with corrosion carcinoma in the published literature had consumed an alkali, but two of our three patients had consumed an acid.